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Spinach Pie recipe

I donโ€™t know when it took hold, but le Brunch has become popular in Paris. Unlike the Bloody Mary and Mimosa-fueled repasts we had when I lived inย San Francisco, in Paris, the concept is a little different. For one thing, Sundays are blissfully โ€œsacredโ€ and no one seems to want to wake up and go anywhere until โ€” well, Monday. And the places that doโ€ฆ

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Panisses

While you might be familiar with the more famous โ€œPanisseโ€œ, these are the real McCoy. Panisses are made from chickpea flour and shaped into hockey puck-sized disks. Once firm, their texture is similar to cooled polenta, and theyโ€™re cut into elongated bars and fried in very hot olive oil until crisp on the outside.

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Chocolate-Dipped Florentine Recipe

Living in Paris, it isnโ€™t always very interesting watching television, which I sometimes like to do during dinner. Sure thereโ€™s some great French channels, but Iโ€™m kinda lazy when Iโ€™m eating and prefer the English-language ones, which usually means CNN International. So I often find myself flipping through cookbooks while I dine, glazing over the text and scanning the glossy photos. But when I cameโ€ฆ

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Tips for Vegetarian Dining in Paris

While Paris is a meat eaterโ€™s paradis, there are pockets of places that are vegetarian-friendly, or are completely vegetarian. As a sideline to my guest post Vegetarian Restaurants in Paris, here are my tips for dining out and getting by. If youโ€™re looking for a typical โ€˜Parisianโ€™ meal, donโ€™t limit yourself to bistros and brasseries. Nowadays, Parisian cuisine includes ethnic dining. Thereโ€™s excellent Asian, Indian,โ€ฆ

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Socca, v1.0โ€ฆv1.6โ€ฆv1.9โ€ฆ

A reader recently inquired that her and her husband were planning to visit France and since he couldnโ€™t tolerate any gluten, is there anything that I could recommend? She had attached a list of words in French for acceptable grains, like oatmeal and barley, So I flipped through my French dictionary and looked under Special Dietary Needs, but there was a blank space. I didnโ€™tโ€ฆ

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Chocolate Cake Recipe

The word โ€˜consultingโ€™ always sounds like a dream job when youโ€™re working in a restaurant kitchen, slaving over a hot stove as a line or prep cook. As a consultant, it sounds like you sweep into a kitchen whenever you feel like it, and bake something up with the staff. But itโ€™s rather challenging work. Restaurants call in consultants when the kitchen is in direโ€ฆ

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